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Recognised as Colour

#BE9BFA

  • #BE9BFA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#BE9BFA is a violet with RGB values 190, 155, 250 and HSL 262°, 90%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BE9BFA#BE9BFA
HEX#BE9BFA
RGBrgb(190, 155, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6078, 0.9804
RGB percentages74.5%, 60.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(262.1, 90.5%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 38%, 98%)
CMYK24%, 38%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,491,770
CSS custom property--colour: #BE9BFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#416405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83ACFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AACF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B3ABBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.8Plum · ΔE 20.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 25Violet · ΔE 25.2Orchid · ΔE 26Slate blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7FA9B
Analogous#9BA7FA, #EE9BFA
Triadic#FABE9B, #9BFABE
Split complementary#FAEE9B, #A7FA9B
Tetradic#FA9BA7, #D7FA9B, #9BFAEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCFF
Lighter +10%#DECCFC
Darker −10%#9E6AF8
Darker −20%#7F3AF5
Darker −30%#600CF0
Darker −40%#4D0ABF
More saturated +25%#BD96FF
Less saturated −25%#C1A8ED

Channel breakdown

R190
G155
B250
Red190 (74.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue262.11°
Saturation (HSL)90.48%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BE · G 9B · B FA

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